About Jhangaha Village

Jhangaha is one of the larger villages in Chauri Chaura tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,114, made up of 3,219 males and 2,895 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393.5 hectares hectares.

Jhangaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhangaha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Chauri Chaura
Area (hectares)	393.5 hectares
Population	6,114
Male Population	3,219
Female Population	2,895
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhangaha compares

By the 2011 count Jhangaha is the 17th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents. Its 393.5 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Jhangaha

Jhangaha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhangaha as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jhangaha from other places

Jhangaha lies about 18 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sardarnagar, about 6.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Jhangaha
Nearest railway station	Sardarnagar	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chauri Chaura	9.4 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	18 km

Villages closest to Jhangaha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chauri Chaura tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Jhangaha

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhangaha village had a population of 6,114. That makes it the 17th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents.

Jhangaha village has 3,219 males and 2,895 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhangaha has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Jhangaha covers 393.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Jhangaha falls under Chauri Chaura tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhangaha is Sardarnagar, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Jhangaha.

Jhangaha is about 18 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhangaha is in Chauri Chaura tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sardarnagar is about 6.3 km away. Chauri Chaura is about 9.4 km away. Gorakhpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.